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. t l GEORGE SCOTT, STEUBENVILLE, OHO.

Letters Patent No. 75,471, dated March 1i), 1868.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE SCOTT, of Steubenville, in theiconnty of Jeli'erson, and State of Ohio, have invented'a'new and improved Holder for Razor-Strops; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to ineke and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The present invention relates to a new and improved holder for razor-strops, and to the manner of securing' the strop thereto, and consists, irst, in making the holder of a metallic spring-band, curved or bent in the direction of its length, with the strop extended `between its two ends, and there secured at its full tension or thereabouts; second, in so bending the ends to the band that the strop can be-secured thereto without' the use of rivets o1' any additional fastening-devices of any nature. l

In the accompanying plate ofv drawings, my improved holder for razor-strops is illustrated-v Figure lfbeing a view of the holder upon the side where the strop is secured, and

Figure 2 a central longitudinal section taken in the plane of the linea: x, fig. 1.

A, in the drawings, represents my improved holder` for `:trazorfstrop. This holder isimade of aspringe handoff steel orvother suitable metal, that, in the direction of its length, is made .of a bent or cur'ved shape, with its two endspartially bent around and. toward and nearly to. the convex side or face B to the band, but sniciently' distanttherefrom to allow the ends of the strop to bepassed between it and the convex face of theY band` A, .and in the said bent portion doubled over upon itself, as plainly shownin the drawings.

' Bythe above-described mode of attaching the strop to the holder, it is enabled to be secured without the use of rivets or other` similar fastening-devices.

Among the many advantages of myrimproved holder for a razor-strop maybe here mentioned, first, a very elastic back or holder is obtained, and at the same time one of suiicient strength; and, second, a very iirm hold ot the strop is secured, and one'of 'such a nature as to always secure thestrop at its full tension. A

I am aware'that a patent has been granted for a razor-strbp, consisting of a curved wooden; back, to the extremities of which the leather is secured, but as this forms no part of my invention, I do not wish to claim it; but

What I claim as new, and desire'to secnre by Letters Patent, is- V l As a new article of'mannfacture, the razorstrop7 when the leather thereof is Asecured to the curled ends of the spring-steel back, whereby said leather is prevented from slackening by stretching, hndis kept in a constant state of tension, as herein shown and described.

Y l GEORGE SCOTT. Witn csses:

C. E. PATTERSON, JAMES J. Poema. 

